Lagos State Govt shuts down Lord’s Chosen Church Headquarters

The Headquarters of popular Lagos
church Lord's Chosen and Charismatic
Revival Church, founded by Pastor
Lazarus Muoka, has been sealed off by
the Lagos State Government for
allegedly defacing and constituting
environmental nuisance to its
environment.
The church, located in Ijesha on
Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos,
was shut down on Sunday Oct. 6th by
officials of the Ministry of the
Environment and prevented thousands
of worshipers from having their Sunday
service that morning.
The Commissioner for the Environment,
Mr. Tunji Bello, explained why the
Church was shut down
“The Church does not have
proper sanitary system and they
discharge their wastes into the
canal. Most of their members
trade on the expressway and we
don’t want that"he said
The commissioner also said the church
had a habit of burning its refuse inside
the church, an action that is against the
environmental and sanitation law of the
state. He said the church will be re-
opened only after it builds new toilets,
build a sewage septic tank for the
treatment of waste water, remove all
illegal attachments built on drainage
channels, keep the environment clean
and ensure that none of its members
trade on the expressway.